Students able to see all users in "People"

We had some concerns raised about the "People" section and whether or not it is FERPA compliant. At this point in time, our FERPA compliance officer stated that students should be able to see all users in the "People" section. Students are currently unable to see the Designer and Observer roles, it seems they also cannot see any role created off of either of these two roles. We would like students to be able to see everyone affiliated with the course in the "People" section. (We still want to control who sees the "People" section.)

We are looking at recreating the Designer and Observer roles; but if we create the Designer role based off of the teacher role, it looks like it will show as a teacher in some places, which is not ideal. We are also looking at the option of having faculty post an announcement stating who they have added to their courses.

You can, as an instructor, hide the People tab in Canvas courses. Learn how at How do I manage Course Navigation links? . This will not cover all student access to each other's names, because these will still be available in Discussions and in Conversations.

Designer role is intentionally meant to not be visible to user with a student role. There is nothing wrong with basing a designer role off of the Teacher role, just make the role title painfully obvious. As for the observer role, You can learn more about observers at......